Monthly Archives: January 2015

Conservationists call for national register of listed trees

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Comments (0) Conservationists are calling for important trees like the thousand-year-old Darley Oak in Cornwall to be listed on a national register. Under current rules, ancient woodland and veteran trees must be protected and an inventory is kept for the benefit of planners. The Woodland Trust is calling for a national register to classify, celebrate and protect significant UK trees. They say a dedicated register along the lines Read more [...]

Scotland’s most expensive house up for sale in Aberdeen

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The impressive granite B listed villa is based on one of the city's most sought after streets and has gone on the market for offers over 3.2 million pounds. It is the latest sign that the property market in the Granite City is buoyant, despite falling oil prices which are leading to hundreds of redundancies in the North Sea.Loading article content It is believed to be the first time the property, which was built in 1901, has been listed for sale on the open market. The pink granite mansion at 1 Read more [...]

Dumplin Creek property listed for sale

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After the banking group that owns the Dumplin Creek property rejected overtures from the latest potential buyers, the group now is marketing it nationally through brokers at NAI Knoxville. The 200-acre property on Interstate 40 near Exit 407 has been sitting idle for several years. It's now owned by the set of local and regional banks that financed developer John Turley's plans to turn it into a mixed-use retail development along the lines of his Turkey Creek project in Read more [...]

New Grounds Roasting Co. building listed for sale

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The 284 W. Market St. building that is home to New Grounds Roasting Co. is for sale. Bennett Williams Realty is listing the 8,712 square foot building for sale, according to the Bennett Williams website. The building is listed for $250,000 and the real estate, business and equipment is available for $400,000, the listing said. Jennifer Anderson, New Grounds' owner, could not be reached for comment despite several attempts. The shop was not open on Thursday or Friday morning when a reporter visited Read more [...]

New bars and restaurants opening in Birmingham in 2015

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Already this new year Birmingham has welcomed Kyoto Sushi and Grill all-you-can-eat Japanese buffet at the Arcadian, Manchester Seafood restaurant in Chinatown, Sixteen Bakery next to Faculty in Piccadilly Arcade and Quinto Lounge in Sutton.And there’s much more to come.Here are the new restaurants, cafes and bars we can expect to see in 2015.Do you know of any we’ve missed? Let us know on Facebook or Twitter.The Botanist in Temple StreetFebruary will see the launch of The Botanist, a bar from Read more [...]

Exclusive: Sir David Murray was director in company behind controversial land …

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Business tycoon Sir David Murray is listed as a director in a company which bought a portfolio of potentially lucrative residential development sites from his heavily indebted Murray International Holdings (MIH) Group, we can reveal.The “arms-length” deal, agreed following was reported by MIH to have been an “unsolicited approach” from the Murray family, included six potential residential development sites held by MIH subsidiary, Murray Estates, which held “varying stages of planning consent”.The Read more [...]

CSE increases number of listed issuers by 35% in 2014 as growth accelerates

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Fri 10:07 am by Deborah Bacal Approximately half of new listings in 2014 came in the form of public companies transitioning to the CSE from other exchanges, the CSE said. The Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) is coming off a banner 2014, with the exchange finishing the year with a total of 244 listed companies, a 35 percent increase from 2013. Total trading volume for the year was 2.3 billion shares, up 165 percent Read more [...]

45000 fine for homeowner who damaged listed building

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Published by Max Salsbury for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Legal, Local Government Friday 16th January 2015 - 2:52pm 45,000 fine for homeowner who damaged listed building Image: Gavel via Shutterstock The owner of a London Grade II listed building who repeatedly ignored council officers’ advice while carrying out building work has been fined £45,000. This week, Maurice Lawee, of 1 Wildwood Read more [...]

£6 million plans to restore the unique Grade II listed Ealing Village given go …

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Council bosses have backed plans to restore an art deco Grade II listed building originally home to the stars of Ealing Film Studios. A £6 million five year plan to restore Ealing Village, a residential estate in North Ealing , was agreed by Ealing Council’s planning committee on Wednesday night (January 14). Plans include new roofs, external redecorations and the introduction of a double glazed replica of the original windows, and works should get underway later this year in order to return Read more [...]

Homeowner fined £45k for causing ‘irreversible damage’ to Grade II listed building

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The owner of a Grade II listed building has been fined £45,000 for causing “irreversible damage” to his home. Maurice Lawee, of Wildwood Road, Hampstead Garden Suburb, pleaded guilty to four offences of carrying out unauthorised work to a listed building at Willesden Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, in a prosecution brought by Barnet Council. The court heard that Mr Lawee bought his house in the suburb’s conservation area for £3.7m in 2008. In 2010, he was granted Read more [...]